Climate & Environmental Protection
Tyson Foods Agrees to Stop Making ‘Net-zero’ and ‘Climate-smart Beef’ Claims
Lawsuit alleged Tyson Foods falsely claimed it will be net-zero by 2050 and marketed its industrial beef products as “climate-smart” The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has settled its greenwashing lawsuit…
Reuters: USDA searched for terms like ‘diversity,’ ‘climate modeling’ to target grants for cancellation
"'(The termination process) has impacted organizations across the country and their ability to create a fairer food system, one that supports small local farmers, one that gets food to people…
The New York Times: Exxon Sues California Over New Climate Disclosure Laws
"In the latest filing, on Friday, FarmSTAND, which opposes industrial animal agriculture, said the laws were important to counter meat and dairy companies engaging in what the group called greenwashing,…
Clean Water Advocates Warn Pacific Seafood of Legal Action Over Warrenton Pollution
PORTLAND — Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Northwest Environmental Defense Center (NEDC) intend to sue a Pacific Bio Products facility over more than three years of ongoing pollution of the…
Why we can’t “offset” our way to a just and humane food system
At FarmSTAND, we’re optimists. That doesn’t mean we have Pollyannaish hope. It means we lean into the hard work of making tangible change in our food system day by day,…
The New York Times: Environmental Groups Face ‘Generational’ Setbacks Under Trump
"It has had some wins. On Thursday, a federal judge in Washington ordered the Agriculture Department to reinstate grants for farmers and nonprofits that had been terminated. The groups were…
Tri-State Livestock News: Court restores grants for Earthjustice clients
“The court’s granting of the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction is the only appropriate response to DOGE and USDA’s illegal and destructive grant cancelation,” said David Muraskin, who is…
Law360: DC Judge Halts Some USDA Climate Grant Terminations
"Representing the grant recipients, David Muraskin of legal group FarmSTAND said the USDA, potentially with help from DOGE, had hastily ended thousands of grants with any perceived relationship to diversity,…
Law 360: Judge Questions USDA’s Climate Grant Cuts
"Representing the recipients, David Muraskin of legal group FarmSTAND said the USDA — potentially with help from DOGE — had hastily ended thousands of grants with any perceived relationship to…